2017 TCA Award nominees announced

Nominations for the 2017 TCA Awards were announced today with NBC's "This is Us," FX's "Atlanta" and Hulu's "The Handmaids Tale" picking up four awards each.

"Odd Squad" and "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" from Pittsburgh's the Fred Rogers Co. were both nominated in outstanding youth programming.

See the full list of nominations after the jump. ...

Here's the TCA release:

THE TELEVISION CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 2017 TCA AWARD NOMINEES

North America’s Top TV Critics Vote to Determine the Best Programming of the 2016-2017 Season, Choosing from an Unprecedented Roster of Nominees that Includes Donald Glover’s Comedy-Drama Series ‘Atlanta’, Sci-Fi Favorite ‘Stranger Things’, the Dystopian Opus ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, the Generation-Spanning Drama ‘This Is Us’, & More

Featured Categories Include Honors for News & Information, Youth, Drama, Reality, and Comedy, Headlined by the TCA’s Prestigious Program of the Year Award

The 33RD Annual TCA Awards will be presented on Saturday, August 5, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel

LOS ANGELES – Monday, June 19, 2017 – The Television Critics Association(TCA), a media organization with more than 200 professional TV critics and journalists from the United States and Canada, announced today the nominations for the 33RDAnnual TCA Awards. The 2017 TCA Awards recognize outstanding television programming in the 2016-2017 season, honoring actors, producers and programs in a variety of categories, including news and information, youth, reality, drama and comedy. Any show airing the majority of its season between June 1, 2016 and May 31, 2017 was eligible for consideration. The winners of the 33RD Annual TCA Awards will be announced at the invitation-only presentation on Saturday, August 5, 2017, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, as part of the group’s summer press tour. Legendary TONY®and EMMY®-winning entertainer Kristin Chenoweth serves as host for the evening’s festivities.

This year’s nominations are spread across three broadcast networks—ABC, CBS and NBC—as well as PBS, 10 cable networks, and internet-streaming services Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix. For the second consecutive year, HBO is in the lead with 12 nominations; FX has 11; Netflix has 10; NBC has seven; Hulu has four; ABC and PBS have three; Amazon, Disney and Showtime each have two; and A&E, AMC, BBC America, CBS, CNN, ESPN, and TBS finish with one.

Locked in a tight race for the honor of Program Of The Year is an impressive list of competitors that includes the FX comedy-drama “Atlanta;” HBO’s star-studded suburban murder mystery “Big Little Lies,” and the spiritually rich final season of “The Leftovers;” Netflix’s smash sci-fi thriller “Stranger Things;” NBC’s multi-generational drama “This Is Us;” and the acclaimed dystopian opus “The Handmaid’s Tale,” which netted Hulu its first-ever TCA Awards nominations.

"This was truly a landmark season for diversity in television, and the TCA nominations reflect this. Our members have chosen a variety of series that celebrate and represent a wide spectrum of performances,” said TCA President Amber Dowling. “With so many great programs—both new and returning—it was a real challenge for our members to whittle these nominees down. We're excited to see which programs and performers make the cut as voting now gets underway to determine the TV standouts of the 2016-17 season.”

The Summer TCA Press Tour will be held Tues., July 25 through Wed., Aug. 9.

Below is the list of the 2017 Television Critics Association nominees, excluding the Career Achievement and Heritage Award winners, which will be announced on the night of the awards.

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